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Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko

Politician

Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko · Aliyu Wamakko				[sources]
Other name	Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko · Aliyu Wamakko				[sources]
Birth date	1953-03-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Wamako				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Nigeria				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
First name	Aliyu				[sources]
Last name	Wamakko				[sources]
Middle name	Magatakarda				[sources]
Title	Sen.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4727555				[sources]
Position	Governor of Sokoto State (2007-2008) · Governor of Sokoto State (2008-2015) · Senate (member, 2015-) · member of the Senate of Nigeria (2015-) · member of the Senate of Nigeria (2015-2019) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Pittsburgh				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2025-01-25	Last processed	2025-06-03	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Nigerian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Senate of Nigeria	2019-06-11	2023-06-11
member of the Senate of Nigeria	2015	2019
member of the Senate of Nigeria	2015-06-09	-
Member of the Senate	2015-06-09	-
Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sokoto North	-	-

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons279,758

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Wikidata · non-official source

Nigerian Politically Exposed Persons data by Chipper40,806

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Nigeria · Chipper · non-official source

Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP Relatives4,395

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Nigeria · Directorio Legislativo/EITI · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories373,104

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Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ng-dots-aliyu-magatakarda-wamakko-1953-03-01-district-sokoto · ng-chip-pep-ng-0020707 · evpo-70286a75-669d-4137-bab8-33d7350e3aaf · ng-dots-aliyu-wamakko-1953-03-01-district

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